SHIRLEY, R.W.
[Indispensible reference on World maps]The Mapping of the World: Early Printed Maps 1472-1700.London:The Holland Press, 1987. Folio, cloth & d/w; pp. 669 profusely illustrated. Spine faded, otherwise in excellent condition.The 1987 edition of this weighty tome. This cartobibliographical study illustrates how the world map developed from the earliest years of printing in the 1470s up to the turn of the seventeenth century.
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£475.00
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ARMITAGE, Geoff & BAYNTON-WILLIAMS, Ashley.
[Detailed study of British world maps]The World at their Fingertips: Eighteenth-Century British Two-Sheet Double-Hemisphere World Maps.Vaduz: Sylvia Ioannou Foundation; & London: British Library, 2012. Oblong 4to, cloth & illus. d/w, pp. 262, profusely illustrated. New.A look at large-format double-hemisphere world maps, with facinating background detail about the London map trade.This item is currently on reserve

WHITFIELD, Peter.
[A history of London through maps]London: A Life in Maps.London: British Library, 2006. New. 4to, illus. covers, pp.208.The history of London is vividly illustrated by maps that have been drawn and published over the past 500 years, covering the devastation of the Great Fire; the emergence of the West End as a place of fashion; the building of the docks; the coming of the railway age & the impact of two World Wars.
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BARBER, Peter.
[A readable study of London maps]London: A History in Maps.London: London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012. Oblong 4to, cloth & illus. d/w, pp. viii + 380, profusely illustrated. New.A fascinating look at the history of London through maps and views, both prints and manuscript. The author has been head of Maps and Topographical Views at the British Library since 2001.
[Ref: 18271]
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BARBER, Peter.
[A readable study of London maps]London: A History in Maps.London: London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012. Oblong 4to, cloth & illus. d/w, pp. viii + 380, profusely illustrated. New.A fascinating look at the history of London through maps and views, both prints and manuscript. The author has been head of Maps and Topographical Views at the British Library since 2001.
[Ref: 18270]
£30.00
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BARBER, Peter.
[A readable study of London maps]London: A History in Maps.London: London Topographical Society in association with the British Library, 2012. Oblong 4to, cloth & illus. d/w, pp. viii + 380, profusely illustrated. New.A fascinating look at the history of London through maps and views, both prints and manuscript. The author has been head of Maps and Topographical Views at the British Library since 2001.
[Ref: 17368]
£30.00
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